CLUBS Umka and "Armored Car". "B2" , 21.00. DJ Osadchy in Duma , 21.00. Dog Korolenko in the “OGI Project” , 22.00. CONCERTS “World stars are laureates of the Competition named after. Tchaikovsky." National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia and soloist Barry Douglas (piano, UK). The program includes Brahms's first concerto. Great Hall of the Conservatory , 19.00. Dmitry Hvorostovsky (baritone) and Sumi Yo (soprano, South Korea). Kremlin Palace , 19.00. "Instrumental Assemblies".

Voice of Beslan activists left idle The Office of the Federal Bailiff Service (UFSSP) for the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania yesterday came out with an explanation of the scandalous story associated with three activists of the all-Russian public organization “Voice of Beslan”, who claimed that law enforcement agencies suspected them of beating the judge of the Pravoberezhny district of Beslan and seven bailiffs .

Michael Lee saved the Berlin Film Festival from boredom The competition of the 58th Berlinale has reached the halfway point, causing, as usual, melancholy and bewilderment. Almost a dozen works full of unbreakable cultural complacency, “serious” cinema, not needed by either the audience or the press, but satisfying the ambition of festival organizers.

The capital's social adaptation program for disabled children turned out to be too formal Moscow officials who asked for about 3 billion rubles. from the city treasury for the social adaptation of disabled children, they could not convince Mayor Yuri Luzhkov that they would be able to spend this money correctly.

Russia will try to catch up in trade with India with trade with China The second Russian-Indian forum on trade and investment was scheduled to take place in Moscow, but the organizers of the event decided to gather participants in Delhi again, as last year. The reason for this was the Year of Russia opening in India. The most discussed issue at the forum was doubling trade turnover, and unlike doubling GDP, this task will have to be solved not in a decade, but in just two years.

Dynamo-TTG took a step towards the Final Four of the Champions League The first stage of the playoffs of the European Club Champions League - the “Round of Twelve” - has started. Yesterday, in the men's and women's tournaments, the hosts of the site were teams from one Russian sports society. Volleyball players "Dynamo-TTG" in Kazan defeated the Polish "Jastrzembski" - 3:0 (25:17, 25:20, 25:18).

A restructuring of atmospheric processes is planned on the European territory of Russia. In the rear of a powerful cyclone that moves from the Barents Sea to the north of Siberia, air from the Arctic will begin to flow with north-westerly flows to the north, northwest and center of Russia, establishing the winter weather pattern. In the northwestern region, with the approach of an atmospheric front, already on the night of February 13, there will be light snow in places, 0...-5°C.

Oil workers ask to significantly increase the validity of export schedules Russian oil companies turned to the Ministry of Industry and Energy with a request to draw up export schedules not quarterly, as now, but at least annually. The head of the oil and gas complex department of the ministry, Vladimir Kuznetsov, told Interfax yesterday.

Watch from February 14 on Moscow screens “The Vanished Empire” (Russia, 2008, Karen Shakhnazarov). A nostalgic drama about a love triangle, which develops in the late 70s of the last century - a time when no one could have imagined that the Soviet Union would simply not exist in ten years. Healthy conservatism and attention to detail. Starring Alexander Lyapin, Lydia Milyuzina, Yegor Baranovsky, Ivan Kupreenko, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan and Vladimir Ilyin. “99 francs” (France, 2007, Jan Kunen).

Russians third in mixed relay Russian biathletes won the bronze medal in mixed doubles at the World Championships in Ostersund, Sweden. Their gap from the winners - the German quartet - was more than a minute. Yesterday the Belarusians created a real sensation when they managed to climb to the second step of the podium. Having lost 52.6 seconds to the shooting skiers from Germany, the quartet from this country pushed their more eminent rivals - the contenders for awards - off the prize podium.

Americans fired at pirates who captured Russian sailors A US warship fired on a vessel of Somali pirates holding the tugboat Switzer Korsakov with Russian sailors. The director of the program for assistance to East African sea carriers, Kenyan Andrew Mvangura, confirmed yesterday the fact of shelling on the evening of February 11 of filibusters delivering food to accomplices. The tug is located 40 km east of the Somali coast and 900 km north of Mogadishu. Mr.

Tatyana Golikova promises to listen to the suggestions of all doctors The Ministry of Health and Social Development proposes to put pressure on the creation of a concept for the development of the medical industry until 2020 by the entire medical community .

Military personnel of the North Ossetian battalion of the Mixed Peacekeeping Forces in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict Vitaly Valiev and Tariel Khachirov, arrested by Georgia on August 29 last year on suspicion of illegal detention of Georgian citizens, were released on bail of 10 thousand lari (more than 6 thousand dollars) .

VTB will give half of its profits to pay dividends VTB intends to increase dividends for 2007 to 50% of its net profit. This is at least twice as much as last year's payments. Analysts are unanimous in their opinion that the only reason for such generosity is the bank’s desire to maintain its reputation in the eyes of private shareholders, since shares have been trading significantly below the offering price since the IPO.

Chronicle of sporting events Basketball. NBA. Regular season. “Toronto” – “San Antonio” – 88:93, “Charlotte” – “Lakers” – 97:106, “Milwaukee” – “Clippers” – 89:96, “Golden State” – “Washington” – 120:117, “Philadelphia” – “Dallas” – 84:76, “Orlando” – “Cleveland” – 111:118, “Houston” – “Portland” – 95:83 . The most productive basketball player of the next game day was Stephen Jackson from Golden State. He brought his team 41 points, and this is his personal scoring record this season.